Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base, akin to Hakoah Vienna. The club's best known arm was its soccer club.

History

The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the Victorian First Division

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

. The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the Dockerty Cup

Dockerty Cup

The Dockerty Cup is a football competition held between clubs in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Harry Dockerty, a former president of the Victorian Soccer Federation. It has been in recess since 1996, except for the year 2004...

, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with South Melbourne's

South Melbourne FC

South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...

 Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s.

Notable people

Notable former players Henry Mowbray

Henry Mowbray

Henry "Harry" Mowbray is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender....

 Jack Reilly

Jack Reilly (footballer)

John "Jack" Reilly is a former football goalkeeper. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 35 times between 1970 and 1977 and also represented Victoria.Reilly learnt his goalkeeping skills while playing in the reserves team of Hibernian in...

• Anton Dosen
• Mike O'Hara [Victorian State Representative]

Managers Billy Walsh

Honours

• Victorian Premier League
  Victorian Premier League
  The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...
  
   titles: 4
  • 1934, 1935, 1938, 1943
• Dockerty Cup
  Dockerty Cup
  The Dockerty Cup is a football competition held between clubs in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Harry Dockerty, a former president of the Victorian Soccer Federation. It has been in recess since 1996, except for the year 2004...
  
  titles: 9
  • 1935, 1943, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1973